Matthew Gillette

Life through my eyes. Follower Of #Jesus, #husband, #localist, #neighbor, #socialactivist, #booklover, & wanabe #urbanhomesteader

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

If you say one thing… but your structure, metrics, and celebrations communicates something else… your words are meaningless.

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Jesus communities must learn to live at the pace of grace and the speed of relationship.

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Feds Keep Cracking Down on Crosswalk Art https://t.co/sDR28YNLJk

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Building a Safer Mid-Block Crossing https://t.co/M4b3bQvAZ4

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

I just entered to win some of Henri Nouwen’s Best Books from @ERBks! (They’re giving away 12 Nouwen books) You can enter too: https://t.co/OQv5jbrowv

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

@JonTyson @LawsonFlowers Do you have a date?

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

@johnepattison I might have sent a box of pencils and other goodies. I have also sent a couple of other boxes out the day. I might have mixed up the notes. If I did. Disregard the note and enjoy the goodies!

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

The mission of God is not about fixing people it is learning to belong to our neighbors and neighbors to us. In other words inviting people into relationship.. just like the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit invites us into the Trinity.

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

I just entered to win a copy of the new book PLACEMAKING AND THE ARTS by Jennifer Allen Craft from @ERBks! You can too: https://t.co/vKp46vYDfy

[Dan White Jr. @danwhitejr]

There's a profound difference between working out your theology in cyberspace and working out your theology in the neighborhood.

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

“Can you still be faithful when the only thing that is changing is you” - Pastah J #conspiregathering #parishcollective

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

(In conversations) don’t try to be helpful.. be curious” - Peter Block #conspiregathering #parishcollective

[Paul Sparks @paul_sparks]

“We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.”
- Ivan Illich

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

What is the difference between discipleship and coaching?

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Glad to be at the first Cora Kelly Principal Coffee of the year. We have great staff, teachers and students at this school. Also, thankful for all the hard work the FACE center does with our kids and families. @acpsk12 #cougerpride #corakellycougars @CoraKellyPTA @acpsFACE

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Blessed are the weird people...
Poets, misfits, writers, mystics, heretics,
Painters, and troubadours...
For they teach us to see the world through different eyes. -Jacob Nordby

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Lifting Up a Community Through the Arts https://t.co/316P5fNgCc

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Let’s bring back the Sabbath as a radical act against the always-on economy https://t.co/0EwzsooRGx

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops https://t.co/ym3cIhBFDk

[Matthew Gillette @mattigillette]

Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?””
Romans 15:2 MSG